Living Life by Design

One of the main reasons why we always seem to find ourselves exhausted at work (and after) is that we have the wrong idea of what productivity is and should look like. Although we’re trained to believe that we’re valued and needed only if we’re productive, and regardless of what we do to keep ourselves busy, we are not product-pumping factories. Answering meaningless emails for 2 hours doesn’t make us better workers–it just keeps us chronically tired and miserable.

The crucial narrative switch is to stop defining productivity as “getting more done using less or the same resources”, but as getting meaningful things done consistently.

If you get pulled into the hustling whirlpool again, take a step back to ask yourself: Is it the right thing for me to be doing?

Thank you Intelligent Change